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Bylaws and Ethics Committee narrows attendance language, to send revised policy to full board
Summary
The committee drafted clearer attendance definitions, debated numeric absence thresholds and a two-meeting remote cap, and agreed to refer the revised bylaw language to the full board for consideration; public commenters urged stricter enforcement.
The Bylaws and Ethics Committee voted to refine proposed attendance rules and will present the revised language to the full board for consideration at the end of the month.
Chair Ryan Barthel said the goal of the revisions is clarity, not punishment. He told the committee the draft should move definitions of present, absent excused and absent unexcused out of the removal section and into a single attendance policy so members “know what the number is,” and the board does not appear to be threatening removal for ordinary absences. “I don't want someone like…
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